Halter-trimming



(No Model.)

- HVE. WILDERMUTH.

HALTER TRIMMING.

No. 540,770. Patented-June 11, 1-895.

' INVENTOR ATTORNEY5.

HNITED STATES ATENT OFFI E.

HILORIUS E. WILDERMUTH, COLUMBUS, OHIO..

HALTER-TRIMMING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 540,770, dated June 11,1895. Application filed April 16, 1894- Serlalll'o. 507,678. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HILORIOUS E. WILDER- MUTH, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State ofOhio, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement inHalter-Trimmings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in halter trimmings of that classwhich are designed to couple together the various parts of the halterand has particular relation to the improvement of the device forwhich-Letters Patent No. 252,500 were issued on the 17th day of January,1882.

The object of the present invention is to provide a more reliable andeffective trimming or coupling which consists in improvements in thedetails of construction which will be more fully pointed outhereinafter.

, I accomplish the object of my invention in the manner illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view in perspective ofa portion of the nose-strap and portions of the cheek-strap, which areconnected therewith by means of my improved trimming. Fig. 2 is acentral longitudinal section of the trimming or coupling device. Fig. 3is a sectional view on line 00 00 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a plan viewof said device.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In the construction of my improved trimwing or coupling, I employ ametallic oblong frame ahaving parallel sides and ends, said ends being,as shown, inclined to a slight degree from a right angled position withthe sides. The nose I; or one end of the coupling is formed by havingthe width of the frame slightly decreased andthe end inclined downward,the latter feature being indicated in Fig. 2 of the'drawings. Asindicated at c the opposite end portion of the'coupling has, un-

nally in the same plane therewith to a point beneath the end portion 0of the coupling a bar or arm 6, the latter having formed therein at apoint near said end portion 0 a laterally enlarged portionf. At thecenter of the width of the cross bar dand center of the length of thearm e, I provide respectively upwardly projecting pins or studs g and h.

As indicated in section in Fig. 3 of the drawings, the longer side armsa of the coupling body are inclined outward and downward. As indicatedatz'the inner side or edge of one of the side frame pieces a is cut awayfor the purpose hereinafter set forth.

The manner of utilizing my invention for the connection of one of theends of the cheek strap kwith that portion k of the nose strap which islooped as indicated to hold in the usual manner a buckle k issubstantially as follows: The end of the strap is inserted within theframe a, said strap end passing beneath the end of the nose I) and overthe pin hole which is adapted'to receive the lip-- wardly projectingstud h of the bar 6.

It will be observed that owing to'the incline of the frame side piecesa, the strap portions which pass beneath the same will be depressed asindicated in Fig. 3 of the drawings, this depression operating toprevent the strapslipping off the retaining stud.

It will be observed that the substantially square shoulder formed by thehorizontal end portion 0 of the frame, will provide a side bearing forthe strap ka'nd operate to prevent any lateral movement of said strap inthat direction. It Will also be observed that the depression of the noseportion b will in a like manner operate to produce a slight inward ordownward bend of the strap 70, which will serve to hold the latter inengagement with the studs.

In forming or coupling the trimming frames or bodies,1 provide twopatterns, one having the ends thereof inclined in one direction and theother having said ends inclined in the opposite direction, thusproducing What may be termed rights and lefts which are adapted to beused on opposite sides of the halter and which impart to the cheekstraps the desired angle with the nose strap. H

By means of the enlargementfat the inner end of the bar e, an additionalbearing surface for the inner end of the strap is is produced which willoperate to prevent any displacement of the latter. is formed on theinner edge of one of the bars or provides more room for the insertion ofdoubled strap portions on that side where'the thickness is greatest.

Experience has demonstrated that. the variations in the constructionherein shown and described over that of the device described and claimedin said former patent, are necessary for a more complete and perfectoperation of the trimming or coupling and that by the use of theseimprovements no necessity exists for the employment of any otherfastenings of the halter portions such as rivets, 850.

Although I have described the connection The depression 1; which of thenose strap and one end of the cheek strap, it is evident that otherparts of the halter may be connected and the trimming employed insubstantially the same manner.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A harness trimming consisting of a frame having parallel side and endbars, the side bars a a being inclined downwardly from their inner totheir outeredges and being also bent downwardly at one extremity tobring one end barb below the plane of their inner edges, the upper edgeof the other end bar 0 being in substantially the same plane as theinner edges of the side bars, a cross bar (1 connected to the side barsand depressed below the body of the frame, an arm e connecting the crossbar and the end bar 0, said arm being in the same horizontal plane asthe cross bar, and studs projecting from the cross bar and the arm,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

HILORIUS E. WVILDERMUTII.

In presence of-- C. C. SHEPHERD, F. A. SIEGEL.

